kelly_virginia's
2024
Reading Wrap-Up

Books by new authors

The Guest by Emma Cline

The Guest

Emma Cline

304 pages • hardcover • 2023

3.75kelly_virginia's review
fiction contemporary literary thriller dark tense medium-paced
So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men by Claire Keegan

So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men

Claire Keegan

119 pages • hardcover • 2023

5.0kelly_virginia's review
fiction contemporary literary short stories emotional reflective fast-paced
A Single Revolution by Shani Silver

A Single Revolution

Shani Silver

294 pages • paperback • 2021

1.0kelly_virginia's review
nonfiction feminism self help sociology emotional reflective medium-paced
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

Bright Young Women

Jessica Knoll

376 pages • hardcover • 2023

4.5kelly_virginia's review
fiction crime historical thriller challenging dark tense medium-paced
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Talents

Earthseed #2

Octavia E. Butler

390 pages • paperback • 1998

4.25kelly_virginia's review
fiction dystopian speculative fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Betty by Tiffany McDaniel

Betty

Tiffany McDaniel

480 pages • hardcover • 2020

5.0kelly_virginia's review
fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith

Strangers on a Train

Patricia Highsmith

288 pages • paperback • 1950

4.5kelly_virginia's review
fiction mystery dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • paperback • 1993

3.75kelly_virginia's review
fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

The Memory Police

Yōko Ogawa

274 pages • hardcover • 1994

3.5kelly_virginia's review
fiction dystopian literary dark reflective sad slow-paced
The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer

The Collected Regrets of Clover

Mikki Brammer

314 pages • hardcover • 2023

3.75kelly_virginia's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced